Since the beginning of transition in 1990 from a centrally planned to a market oriented economy, the performance of …-friendly governments were voted out of office, the new governments in Poland never reversed reforms undertaken by the previous government …

entrepreneur. We focus on the size of the government, on freedom from corruption, and on 'market freedom' defined as a cluster of …. Our results indicate that entrepreneurial entry is inversely related to the size of the government, and more weakly to the … extent of corruption. A cluster of institutional indicators representing 'market freedom' is only significant in some …

their search strategies in strong versus weak markets. The 1987 academic market was strong while the 1997 market was much … weaker. A multimarket theory of optimal search suggests that job seekers will respond to a weakening market by lowering their … intensive margin (how many applications to submit per market). Meanwhile, employers respond to the weakening market by raising …

Utilitarian foundations for limited government are shaky insofar as they assume rational and consistent individuals … on the scope of government intervention. …

of labor market institutions and government intervention. In particular, technology change is induced by rigid wage … commodity prices, openness induces the government to subsidize technological innovation in the developed country because … minimum wage and institutionally induced innovations differs from the flexible economy in the following way: -The wage …

opportunity exists at this time for all stakeholders – government, civil society and donors – to initiate reform. We emphasize … we discuss, there are important examples demonstrating that success is achievable, if government and civil society have …